Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hapoel Kaukab & Hapoel Bnei Zalafa face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the State Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Hapoel Kaukab and Hapoel Bnei Zalafa should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Hapoel Kaukab form and stats
Hapoel Kaukab was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the State Cup.It's back home for Kaukab, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Hapoel Qalansawe away with the result 2-0.
A 1-1 scoreline against Hapoel Bnei Zalafa (after extra-time, 1-3 on penalties) before that one, played at their own home stadium in the State Cup. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Hapoel Kaukab have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 2 and lost 4.
Hapoel Bnei Zalafa form and stats
They also participated in State Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Hapoel Kaukab in their previous outing. The State Cup fixture ended 1-1.
A 1-1 draw at Tzeirei Kafr Kanna's stadium before that.Hapoel Bnei Zalafa are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
Head 2 Head
Kaukab - Hapoel Bnei Zalafa 1-1 was the output when this pair of squads previously played each other, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Hapoel Kaukab four wins, two draws and Hapoel Bnei Zalafa one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Hapoel Kaukab missing players
Hapoel Bnei Zalafa missing players
| Hapoel Kaukab | Hapoel Bnei Zalafa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 50 | 27 | Scored | S | 20 | 39 | ||
| 37 | 21 | Conceded | C | 20 | 29 | ||
| 88% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 60% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 79% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 20% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.3 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9.2 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 9.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.1 | ||
| 38% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 27% | ||
| 9.6 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.8 | 6.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.6 | ||
